Sexxlaws tab by Beck

Tabs

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Advanced


This transcription is all arranged for guitar.

/ = slide up from one halfstep below

I'm not sure if these chords are supposed to be major or 7... either
sounds fine


Intro - trombone

 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
4
 BB    G#G#   /B    G#G#   /B    G#G#   /A    F#F#

Riff - trumpet, trombone

 1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+1+2+3+4+|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G+G|-----4-1-----1--|-----4-5--------|-----4-1-----1-2|-------3--------|
D MajorD|----4-------1--4|----4-----------|----4-------1---|----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


Verse

(G#G#) means the band plays G#, the trombone doesn't

 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
4
 BB    (G#G#)   /B    (G#G#)   /B    (G#G#)   /A    (F#F#)
 /B    (G#G#)   /B    (G#G#)   /B    (G#G#)   /A    (F#F#)


Chorus

 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
4
 E MajorE    E7E7    G#G#    C#C#    G+G    G+G    F#F#  FF E MajorE
 D MajorD    D MajorD    A augmentedA  A#A#  BB - back to intro chords


First chorus - slide guitar

 I        wantto de- fy              the lo-
 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |
e|----12--------------------------|12----10----9---7-------9-------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G/13----------------------------13|----11----9---------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
   gic   of   our   sex   laws
 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |
e|----8-----------9---11----------|----13----------14--16----------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G/8-------------------------------|13------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

..halfway   home    I'm a  fullgrown  man   but I'm
 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |
e|----10--------------------------|7---5---------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G/11------------------------------|--------7-------7---------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|----------9-7-----------9-------|

     Not a- fraid  to cry
 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |
e|----9---------------10----------|11------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G/9--------------/10------10------|11------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Second and Third chorus - wah-wah guitar
*** quick phaser effect
~~~ slower wah wah

 1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|1234|
e|12**|----|----|9~~~|10~~|----|14**|----|10~~|----|----|----|
BB|12**|----|9~~~|----|----|----|14**|----|10~~|----|----|----|
G+G|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|2~3~|4~--|

Second chorus - banjo

     let the hand  cuffs  slipoff yourwrists     I'll
 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |
e|--------?-?-?---?-?-?---?-?-?---|7-------7-5-3-------3-----------|
BB|--------------------------------|----------------------------3---|

 let you   be   my   cha per one         at the
 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |
e|--------------------------------|4-0-----?---?-?-----------------|
BB|--------------------------------|----0---------------------------|

 halfway   home    I'm a  fullgrown  man   but I'm
 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |
e|----------------------------?-?-|?-?-?---?---?-?---1-?---?---?-?-|
BB|--------------------------------|----------------3---------------|

     Not a- fraid  to cry
 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Interlude - banjo

well, I tried...

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |
e|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-------4-----4---4-----2-------|
BB|0---------------0---2-4-----0---|--------------------------------|
G+G|------------1-------------------|1-------------------------------|

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |
e|2-2-2-2-2-2-4---7---4---2-------|--------4-----4-----4---2-------|
BB|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|1-------------------------------|

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |
e|2-------------------------------|--------4-----2-----4-----2-----|
BB|--4-2-0-2-------0---------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|------------1-------------------|--------------------------------|

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |
e|--------5---5-5---------------2-|----2---2-----------------------|
BB|------------------5-------------|--------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


Interlude - pedal steel guitar

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
e|------------------------|------------------------|
BB|------------------------|------------------------|

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
e/11---/11-------9-----8--|---------------8--------|
BB|------------------12----|---11-9--------------11-|

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
e/11---/11-------9-----8--|---------------8--------|
BB|------------------12----|---11-9--------------11-|

 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B/10----------------------|7-----------------------|


Third chorus - banjo

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Third chorus - pedal steel guitar

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Outro - banjo

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Outro - slide guitar

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Lyrics

Can't you hear those cavalry drums
Hijacking your equilibrium
Midnight hags in the mausoleum
Where the pixilated doctors moan
Carnivores in the Kowloon night
Breathing freon by the candlelight
Coquette bitch slap you're so polite
Till you thank them for the tea and sympathy

[chorus]
I want to defy the logic of all sex laws
Let the handcuffs slip off your wrists
I'll let you be my chaperone at the halfway home
I'm a full grown man but I'm not afraid to cry

Neptune's lips taste like fermented wine
Perfumed blokes on the Ginza line
Running buck wild like a concubine
Whose mother never held her hand
Brief encounters in Mercedes Benz
Wearing hepatitis contact lens
Bed and breakfast getaway weekends
With Sports Illustrated moms

repeat chorus
interlude
repeat chorus
outro